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Could California start producing more oil? Gov. Newsom is considering it
As California prepares for the upcoming closures of two oil refineries, coupled with challenges in the global petroleum market, Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering boosting oil production in the state. The push for more, but limited, oil production...

Africa’s Last Neoliberals
It has become fashionable in recent years to assert that neoliberalism is in crisis. At face value, this seemed increasingly plausible in the wake of political shifts that appeared to intensify—especially in the “Global North,”—following the 2008...

Dos hermanos, un sueño de título: la rivalidad entre los Márquez en MotoGP
Por Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Puede que no sea raro encontrar hermanos deportistas de talla mundial, pero con la notable excepción de las hermanas Serena y Venus Williams en el tenis, rara vez compiten directamente por el mismo gran premio. Aún más...

How To Watch WWE Evolution 2025 - Start Time, Card, Preview
WWE.comApproaching seven years since the inaugural Evolution event, WWE is finally back with a second outing for its all-female Premium Live Event. Taking place at Atlanta, Georgia's State Farm Arena, WWE Evolution 2025 will spotlight the very...

International visitors to national park could soon face increased entrance fees
brown concrete arch under gray sky Photo: Photo by Daniel Lloyd Blunk-Fernández U.S.A. — With many national parks facing huge backlogs of deferred maintenance — Yellowstone National Park alone is estimated to have more than $1 billion — the...

AC Milan obsessed about signing 24-year-old Chelsea star who could be available for €50 million: Reports
AC Milan are reportedly keen on signing Chelsea forward Nicolas Jackson this summer. According to Alfredo Pedulla and Matteo Moretto (via We ain't got no history/SB Nation), the Italian giants have enquired about the situation of the Senegalese...

Zelestra secures $282m for Chile’s 1 GWh Aurora project
Zelestra has secured a $282 million finance package for the Aurora project, in the municipality of Pozo Almonte in Chile’s Tarapacá region. Zelestra said the funding agreement was reached with Natixis CIB and BNP Paribas, with a VAT credit line...

Noboa’s International Tour Brings Investment Opportunities and Strengthened Cooperation
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3 crashes this year, 3 pilots lost. IAF’s Jaguars, long retired everywhere else, back in spotlight
In April, another Jaguar IB crashed during a night sortie out of Jamnagar, Gujarat. Flt. Lt. Siddharth Yadav, in his twenties and slated to marry, was killed in the crash after choosing to remain with the stricken aircraft, suspected to have...

Invisible enemies: A plastic crisis in our marine protected areas
The first part of the project focused on clearly understanding and estimating the sources, sinks, and pathways of plastic in the marine environment. To do so, they built a 360° program involving over 20 different partners from across Galapagos,...

Pakistan June inflation rises 3.2% y/y, in line with forecast
Pakistan’s consumer price inflation rose 3.2 per cent year-on-year in June, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, broadly in line with the finance ministry’s projection of 3 per cent to 4 per cent issued a day earlier. On a month-on-month basis,...

Prime Minister attends opening plenary of WEF Tianjin 2025
TIANJIN — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, held on Wednesday in Tianjin, China. The Vietnamese leader was joined by five other heads of state...

No deals with communists
By Cliff Kincaid July 3, 2025 President Trump is a slow learner when it comes to the issue of international communism. One day he is attacking the idea of a communist mayor for New York City and the next day he announces a trade deal with the...

Gang caught smuggling cocaine-infused leather from Latin America to Europe
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Nigeria among top 10 countries violating workers’ rights
Nigeria has joined Bangladesh, Belarus, Ecuador, Egypt, Eswatini, Myanmar, Philippines, Tunisia and Türkiye as the worst countries violating workers’ rights. According to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index 2025,...

Yellow fever vaccination campaign to be held at the National Stadium
Q COSTARICA — Travelling without presenting a yellow fever vaccination certificate is the aim of the new campaign by the Ministry of Health to be held this month, given the limited availability of doses in the private market and the increase in...

Peru's agro-exports totaled US$4.578 billion from January to May 2025
"In these first months of the year, we have seen how almost all regions of the country have experienced significant growth in their exports, not only due to prices, but also to production volumes," she added. The minister of Foreign Trade and...

Peruvians outraged after president Boluarte doubles her salary to over $10,000
President of Peru, Dina Boluarte has doubled her monthly income to more than $10,000, sparking widespread outrage, with approximately 30% of the population still living in poverty. The Peruvian economy minister announced late Wednesday that...

Celtic escalate four Nicolas Kuhn transfer replacements as Balikwisha watches alternative winger talks 'move'
Celtic are set to ramp up their search for a winger with Nicolas Kuhn on the brink of a move to Como. The Scottish Premiership champions are set to bank £17.2m for the move to Serie A just 18 months after Celtic splashed £3m to bring the winger to...

"Tropical fruit demand surges in sunny weather"
Exotic Roots entered the exotic fruit and vegetable import market five years ago. However, the fifth anniversary will no longer be celebrated at the old office in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, as the company moved to new premises at Dinkel 5 in...